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Fire Season Becomes Blackout Time in California By Hudson Sangree, RTO.COM October 16, 2018 https://www.rtoinsider.com/cpuc-wildfires-blackout-inverse-condemnation-101770/ All three of California’s big investor-owned utilities…
Oct 16, 2018Utilities Cut Power to Prevent Wildfires. But Who Wins When the Lights Go Out? By Ivan Penn, THE NEW YORK TIMES October…
Oct 15, 2018Is PG&E Move To Turn Off Power To Reduce The Risk Of Wildfire Justified? By Sharon McNary, AIR TALK – KPCC 89.3…
Oct 15, 2018Hackers Stole Millions Of Facebook Users’ Personal Data — Here’s Why You Should Be Worried By Troy Wolverton, BUSINESS INSIDER October 12,…
Oct 12, 2018Consumer Watchdog On Google+ Debacle: ‘Google Cannot Be Trusted’ By Dominik Bosnjak, ANDROID HEADLINES October 11, 2018 Consumer Watchdog On Google+ Debacle:…
Oct 11, 2018Consumer Advocates Suggest Hunt To Replace DWP Watchdog Is A ‘Sham Process’ By Emily Alpert Reyes, LOS ANGELES TIMES October 10, 2018…
Oct 10, 2018Insurance Industry Needs To Dump Fossil Fuels, Says Watchdog Group By Ryan Smith, INSURANCE BUSINESS October 10, 2018 https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/environmental/insurance-industry-needs-to-dump-fossil-fuels-says-watchdog-group-113449.aspx Despite a recent…
Oct 10, 2018Google+ Privacy Flaw: What Will Lawmakers And Regulators Do? By Levi Sumagaysay, BAY AREA NEWSGROUP October 9, 2018 Google+ privacy flaw: What…
Oct 9, 2018Aegon Unit Agrees To $195m Settlement Over Universal Life Insurance By Staff Writers, VERDICT UK October 5, 2018 https://www.verdict.co.uk/life-insurance-international/news/aegon-settlement-universal-life-insurance/ Transamerica, the US…
Oct 5, 2018Latest Federal Self-Driving Car Guidelines Stick With Self-Policing Approach By Eric D. Lawrence, THE DETROIT FREE PRESS October 4, 2018 https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/2018/10/04/self-driving-robot-car-guidelines/1524894002/ The…
Oct 4, 2018Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Use Mandatory for CA Docs A new law requires all California doctors to query the state’s prescription drug…
Oct 4, 2018Transamerica Pays $195 Million To Settle Lawsuit Over Universal Life Insurance Suit alleged the insurer improperly increased monthly costs to avoid guaranteed…
Oct 4, 2018Their Children Were Killed By An Opioid User. They Changed The Entire System After Carmen and Bob Pack discovered the driver who…
Oct 2, 2018Georgia Dental Board Inaction Could Leave Patients At Risk Only twice in the past five years has the board yanked the license…
Sep 20, 2018‘It’s Literally Drill, Baby, Drill’: Did Jerry Brown’s Climate Crusade Give Big Oil A Pass? By Alexei Koseff, CAPITOL ALERT – SACRAMENTO…
Sep 13, 2018High-Tech Ferry Backdrop For 16 California Clean Energy Laws By Staff Reporters, ASSOCIATED PRESS September 13, 2018 https://www.ksl.com/article/46390761/high-tech-ferry-backdrop-for-16-california-clean-energy-laws SAN FRANCISCO (AP) —…
Sep 13, 2018Jerry Brown May Not Be The Ultimate Climate Crusader, But He’s A Lot Closer Than Most Politicians By George Skelton, CAPITOL JOURNAL…
Sep 13, 2018Campaign Calls On US Insurance Industry To Ditch Fossil Fuels By Ryan Smith, INSURANCE BUSINESS September 13, 2018 https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/environmental/campaign-calls-on-us-insurance-industry-to-ditch-fossil-fuels-111223.aspx A new campaign…
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